'Individual failure' and the analytics of social policy

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-93

  Jones, Philip ^a   Cullis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0034068072     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279400005821     Document Type: Article

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